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Chester Historical Society Chester Historical Society promotes Chesterโ€™s rich heritage by preserving its historical places, documents, written and oral history.

We provide educational programs to our schools and community on our local history. 1915 Erie Railroad Station Museum:
The Chester Historical Society holds its monthly meetings on the second Thursdays of the month. It is handicapped-accessible. Annual events held at the museum include: the Chester Historical Society's annual yard sale fundraiser, the community tree lighting, celebrating the holidays with the museum open for special exhibitions. With its location on the Heritage Trail, several charity walks/runs utilize the museum's hospitality yearly. 1915 Erie Station Museum normally open 10 am to 3 pm Saturdays & 1-3 pm Sundays, May through October. Check for special holiday hours schedules. Office-archive at 93 Brookside Ave. - most Thursdays 1-4 pm and by appointment - email [email protected].

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ Join us ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿณ, for an after-hours evening inside the 1915 Eri...
10/20/2026

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜
Join us ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿณ, for an after-hours evening inside the 1915 Erie Station Museum.

Enjoy hors dโ€™oeuvres, a complimentary drink, time to explore the museum, and two intimate live reenactments bringing Chesterโ€™s Revolutionary-era history to life.

๐—ข๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.
$๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—–๐—›๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ โ€ข $๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ป-๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ โ€ข ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ+
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Chester Historical Society honored Loretta Winkler and Leslie LeBlanc Smith on their lifetime commitment to preserving o...
10/19/2026

Chester Historical Society honored Loretta Winkler and Leslie LeBlanc Smith on their lifetime commitment to preserving our townโ€™s heritage.

Today October 18th there was decation for Bill Perry Way. Nice turn out.
10/19/2026

Today October 18th there was decation for Bill Perry Way. Nice turn out.

๐ŸŒ™โœจ ๐—” ๐—ก๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง ๐—”๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—จ๐—  โœจ๐ŸŒ™ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜†Join us ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿณ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ โ€ข ๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌโ€“๐Ÿต:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ...
10/06/2026

๐ŸŒ™โœจ ๐—” ๐—ก๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง ๐—”๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—จ๐—  โœจ๐ŸŒ™
๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜†

Join us ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿณ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ โ€ข ๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌโ€“๐Ÿต:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐—  at the historic ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ for a special after-hours evening of history, food, drinks, and live theatrical interpretation.

โœจ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐—  โ€” come early, relax, enjoy the reception, and take in the museum before the eveningโ€™s program begins.

The reception will feature ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฑโ€™๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜ƒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ, followed by two intimate 15-minute living-history presentations:

๐Ÿก ๐—. ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜. ๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟรจ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐล“๐˜‚๐—ฟ โ€” experience the story of Pine Hill Farm and the Chester farmer and writer behind ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.

๐Ÿ’ฅ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿต ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ โ€” discover Chesterโ€™s role as a Continental Army artillery center and ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜.

Following the presentations, enjoy ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜, ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, and time to explore the museum exhibits.

๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ
19 Winkler Place, Chester, NY

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๐—–๐—›๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: $๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ
๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ป-๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: $๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ

๐Ÿ”ž ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ.

Your attendance helps support the ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป and the work of the Chester Historical Society.

โœจ ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐— ๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜๐—— โ€” ๐—”๐—–๐—ง ๐—ค๐—จ๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ!

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฆ
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๐ŸŒ™ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†.

10/02/2026

Christmas & Associates sells NY land for sale, NY hunting land for sale, NY waterfront property and NY land and camps lakefront and NY hunting camps for people who love the outdoors throughout New Yorkโ€™s Adirondacks, Tug Hill & Southern Tier

It is finally here. Tricky Tray/Penny Social this Sunday October 4th Door open at 12:30. Calling starts at 2pm. Alot of ...
10/02/2026

It is finally here. Tricky Tray/Penny Social this Sunday October 4th Door open at 12:30. Calling starts at 2pm. Alot of great stuff this year.

09/25/2026

Due to the anticipated intensification of the early Norโ€™easter, the Chester Historical Societyโ€™s 1915 Erie Station will be closed on Saturday and Sunday, September 26โ€“27.

Mark your calendar. Come One Come All ages. 1915 Erie Train Station Chalk Event. Start practicing. On October 10th 10 to...
09/22/2026

Mark your calendar. Come One Come All ages. 1915 Erie Train Station Chalk Event. Start practicing. On October 10th 10 to 1 Chester Historical Society 2023 Annual Dinner

Three Chester citizens, all members of The Chester Historical Society, are being honored by the Town of Chester on Mond...
09/20/2026

Three Chester citizens, all members of The Chester Historical Society, are being honored by the Town of Chester on Monday, September 21 at 11 AM at Knapp's View, for their contributions to the Chester community.

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19 Winkler Place
Chester, NY
10918

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Saturday 10am - 2pm
Sunday 1pm - 3pm

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